Evidence that God has taken away our sins

Hebrews 10:3-4 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. The repeated sacrifice at Passover each year of bulls and goats was to serve as a reminder that a perfect sacrifice was coming, which could make the worshippers perfect in conscience. The point was made in that after making the sacrifices, they were still aware of their sins and their sinful dispositions. Remember, the old covenant offered no grace to the worshippers to fulfill the Law’s requirements. The Law teaches us what sin is, how powerful sin is, and how helpless we are to justify ourselves. It reminds us of our sinfulness rather than taking away sins.  Let me put living to love with Jesus in perspective to encourage us. If you are living to love with Jesus and you experience His love pouring through your life, then that means you have the Holy Spirit, the life of Christ, dwelling within you. The Holy Spirit is the seal and assurance that God has removed your sins through the death of Jesus Christ, His Son. Living to love isn’t the source of our assurance. It is the assurance that our lives are hidden in Jesus, and He is the source of our lives and love. Just as it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, so is any other action rooted only in ourselves.  Love flows out of a heart abiding in Jesus. A heart abiding in Jesus is the work of the Spirit that proves God has taken away all of our sins, once for all, through Jesus’ sacrifice. May we, by the grace found in Jesus Christ, love and serve the living God.